Predictors of the use and approval of CAM: results from the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many studies have shown that sociodemographic variables significantly predict the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), although these predictions were not particularly strong. A multitude of predictors of the use or approval of CAM have been investigated in the field of personal values and worldviews, but the effects were small or doubtful due to non-representative samples. More recent psychological research has linked positive attitudes towards CAM with intuitive thinking, paranormal beliefs, ontological confusions and magical health beliefs, suggesting a common thinking style behind all these variables. The aim of this study is to identify the most important predictors of the use and approval of CAM.

Methods

We performed a canonical correlation a

SUBMITTER: Abheiden H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7291752 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature